Birds of Prey
He may not have been there in person , but on - set pic of Jared Leto ’s Joker inBirds of Preyindicate that the DCEU may not be done with him yet . Leto ’s depiction of the Joker inSuicide Squadwas brief and mostly derided by fan and critic alike . Given how the torrid past few years of the DC movie universe have put the oftentimes - maligned enfranchisement in a DoS of flux and the recentdeparture of Ben Affleck , it was in the main take over that the Oscar - winning actor ’s time in the role would be cut scant . Suicide Squad 2 , to be helmed by James Gunn , will reportedly have a new assortment of character reference as well as a new Deadshot , and we have n’t seen much in terms of growth regarding the multiple Joker - led project Leto was supposed to be leading , including a solo movie and one with Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn . Now , with the non - canonJokermovie star Joaquin Phoenix gear up for release this October , it ’s no wonder many mass have viewed Leto ’s tenure as the Clown Prince of Crime as trim down forgetful .
Now , however , it seems that there may be a future for Leto ’s joker in the DCEU , after all . late on - set image from the production of Cathy Yan’sBirds of Preyrevealed a gentleman who looks suspiciously like Leto ’s iteration of the Joker cast aside clothes out of a windowpane for Harley Quinn to catch . It look like the standard read-only memory - com dissolution shot moment and had many masses raising their eyebrow and wondering what Leto ’s function in the celluloid would be . After all , he was n’t present inBirds of Prey ’s teaserand he ’s not number in the cinema ’s credit . It was specially confusing because we know that Joker was n’t actually Leto since the worker was several thousand miles off in Europe at the time -filming Sony’sMorbiusmovie . He did , however , tease his fans with a Snapchat look-alike of a clown emoji , possibly hinting at his take to the role .
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The Joker in theBirds of Preyimages is clearly a body double , with his face heavily obscured by the solidification . It could be that Leto simply was n’t available for yield and this was a solvent to that problem , which will take into account him to do some pickup dead reckoning afterwards in the class and ADR in a few lines . There is certainly room for Leto to put the tattoos back on , get a dark-green wig and tap in for a abbreviated hello , not unlike Affleck ’s very abbreviated show as Batman inSuicide Squad . Whatever the compositor’s case and however brief this cameo may be , it ’s still way more of Leto ’s Joker than audience have had sinceSuicide Squadreleased and more screen door - time than most people were ask him to have following the sempiternal gossip cycle that alleged his succeeding going from the role .
Of course , this may not be a signal of his hereafter so much as the enfranchisement putting a full closure on Leto ’s time as the Joker . The film ’s full statute title , after all , isBirds of Prey ( and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn ) , suggesting that Harley is free of the Joker and living her best life . Robbie ’s Harley was one of the few unchallenged successes ofSuicide Squadand the actress has become one of the DCEU ’s greatest asset . snort of Preywas a project she pushed Warner Bros. to make and one she has a producer deferred payment on . This is her movie , not a joint Joker - Harley film , and if the franchise does indeed want to bring in a Modern Joker , this would be as good a place as any to let Leto go with a classical ending ( something Affleck wo n’t be getting ) .
Even if this is the end for Leto ’s Joker - and given the doer ’s forthcoming appearance in a dissimilar comic book dealership , it would n’t be a shock - it seems the DCEU want to , at the very least , remind audience that heispart of this series . Whether he ’s getting a fitting ending or his shelf life is being extended , it seems that Warner Bros. wants Leto ’s Joker legacy to be a short bit longer than12 minutes of screen - time . But theBirds of Preyimages are but potential for a future . give how much the DCEU is presently working to didder off its onetime and extremely factious image in favor of a more vibrant and wittingly goofy tone ( fromAquamantoShazam!to the company girl camp aesthetic hinted at in theBirds of Preyteaser ) , it would n’t surprise many to hear that Harley Quinn ’s emancipation was an opportunity for the franchise to end the chapter on Leto ’s sovereignty .
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